Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

African American Men on the Mall in Washington D.C. During the Million Man March
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Million Man March, 1995
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Texas Seminole Scouts
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Gina Kay Abercrombie-Winstanley (1957- )
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(1842) Charles Lenox Remond, “The Rights Of Colored Citizens In Traveling”

Explore Global African History

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Black Soldiers and the Ledo Road (1942-1945)
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Cheikh Anta Diop (1923-1986)
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Madame Eugénie Tell Eboué (1891-1972)
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Israeli Black Panther Party (1971-1977)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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The Other Hermitage: The Enslaved at the Andrew Jackson Plantation
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Black Freedom and Social Class in St. Louis, Missouri between the Great Depression and the Great Society
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The Racial Politics of Miss America
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The Tie Breaker Ruling in Perspective: A Plaintiff Looks Back on the Historic U.S. Supreme Court Decision of 2007

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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